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Originally Posted by countsk
Currently first year with AA and live/based in DFW. Invited for resume review with UPS. Big assumption, this leads to a CJO with UPS. Would you do it? I'm a little north of 50 years old if that helps with your advice/guidance. Thank you.
The commute from DFW is an easy one leg, but is definitely a commute.
Financially, I would say this is a likely slam dunk to go to UPS. You will take a hit your first year, but probably be even by end of the second year. Assuming you bid first available upgrade, you will likely be making wide body captain money by age 56-57. That gives you 8-9 years in a pay category you will never reach at AA. Finally, at both places you should max out your tax advantaged savings at $60k+ per year. However, at UPS you can stack a pension paying roughly $65k per year (for roughly 15 years of work) for the rest of your life on top of that. In other words, you will not have to worry about running out of money in retirement.
Regardless, good luck going forward.